All change at US Bloomsbury

"People don't understand: it's not about America. You publish your authors to the best of your ability wherever people want to buy their books." So said arch-globalist Richard Charkin in July, speaking about the role...

Tug of rights

A year has passed since the battle lines over exclusive European rights were drawn in Washington at BookExpo America 2006, and UK and US publishers are more deeply entrenched in their respective positions than ever. Hostilities...

Adobe Digital Editions debuts

Adobe launched its Digital Editions 1.0, a new software created for purchasing, reading and managing ebooks and digital publications, at the O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference this week. Designed for consumers to use to...

BEA 2007 report

It was a busy BookExpo America at New York's Javits Convention Center last week, with about 30,000 visitors--including 8,000 booksellers, librarians and buyers--sampling a varied, lively schedule.

The fair, which ran from...